Síonfest

Síonfest is the national final selection organised by the Dalérín Broadcasting Network (DBN). It is used to pick the Dalérín entry for the Maia Song Contest. It has been met with extremely positive reactions and has become one of Daléríqa's most view television events. The show is broadcast with English and Spanish subtitles on ETV and EsTeVe, respectively.

The first edition of the contest consisted of 15 acts and one semi-final with the top 6 moving on to the final. In the first edition, it was only national televoting in the Semi and it was open to international juries in the final. The winner Natalia Jiménez performed Creo en Mi in the inaugral Maia Song Contest. She opened the contest and eventually placed in 6th place with 88 points.

In the second edition, the format was changed up a little following outcry from some of the failed acts in the Semis which had stated that "If it was open up to International juries the final would have looked a whole different". Following this, it was changed to 16 acts in 2 semi-finals with the Top 4 of each Semi moving onto the final. This Top 4 was decided by an International Jury. A wildcard entry to the final was given to the entry that scored the highest from the online vote in each semi. The winning entry was Ecos de Amor sung by brother and sister duo, Jesse & Joy. Coming 3rd in the Semi-Final they qualified to the final where they placed 13th with 84 points.

The third edition was slightly altered in from going to 16 entries to 8 entries solely consisting of a final in which both International Juries and Televoting was used. The winning entry Lukatar won both the televoting and the International Jury vote and went into the contest as a favourite to qualify to the Final. Unfortunately, she failed in the semi-final placing 13th with 63 points.

The fourth edition of Síonfest was for the fifth edition of the Maia Song Contest, the format was changed slightly once more with the Televoting aspect being non-existent for the first time ever. The winner Samantha Jade was met with criticism as some Dalérín people thought that she should not represent the country however they were quickly silenced when she qualified from the semi in 5th place with 89 points, she finished the contest in 15th place ending with a final score of 93 points.

The fifth edition went back to the format used in the third edition. The winner was Ruth Lorenzo with 99, she was highly favoured to qualify from the semi and she did.

List of Winners
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 * FlagOfOthala.png Oestía
 * FlagOfGolrae.png Natalia Jiménez - Creo en Mi
 * 139
 * 11
 * FlagOfIslaCovia.png Tamar Braxton - Love & War
 * FlagOfGolrae.png Illapuana
 * |FlagOfMasteland.png Jesse & Joy - Ecos de Amor
 * 221
 * 1
 * FlagOfIslaCovia.png Sabina  Ddumba - Not Too Young
 * FlagOfMasteland.png Êt're
 * FlagOfIslaCovia.png Lady Leshurr - Lukatar
 * 217
 * 9
 * FlagOfOthala.png Munisa Rizayeva & Botir Qodirov - Dema-dema
 * FlagOfMaldonia.png Vuckiovia
 * FlagOfMasteland.png Samantha Jade - Firestarter
 * 86
 * 5
 * FlagOfIslaCovia.png Elaine Martins - Santificação
 * FlagOfIslaCovia.png Nueiva Hun
 * FlagOfMasteland.png Ruth Lorenzo - 99
 * 183
 * 1
 * FlagOfMaldonia.png Lara Sajén - Poderosa
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Drag Queen National Final
Before the final of the first Maia Song Contest aired, DBN announced that the second National Final was to be centred around one of Daléríqa's biggest exports, which is Drag Queens, this news was well received by the fans but as soon as the Maia Song Contest aired the HoD stated that the calibre of songs that were submitted to DBN were not high enough. At the time of the cancellation, all the songs and artists were released on the official Síonfest website. The cancellation of the National Final resulted in many of the Drag Queens to publicly shame HoD Maríana Fullasa. The fans were also outraged and have called for Fullasa to be sacked from her position. A petition has been going around and currently has over 1,000,000 signatures. DBN is yet to comment on the matter of Fullasa but has publicly and privately apologised to each contestant.

Sacking of Maríana Fullsa
On the 29th of July, in response to the petition that came about after the cancellation of the Drag Queen National Final, Fullasa released a statement saying that "under no circumstances will she step down as the HoD" she even went as far as saying that "...a petition by a bunch of angry gay men will never make me apologise or never put me out of a job". She went on to further insult the artists that were supposed to participate in the Drag Queen National Final by saying that "look these untalented, so-called, singers are not worthy of representing the great country of Daléríqa because they can't sing! Look at the failure of the two drag queens in the most recent Síonfest! They were so bad they didn't even make the Finals!".

In response to these statements, the Dalérín contestants for the Maia Song Contest put out a statement distancing themselves from the HoD Maríana Fullasa, stating that "we do not agree with anything that Fullasa has put out and our values and beliefs do not match up with that of Maríana Fullasa"

The next day, on the 30th of July, DBN announced that, effective immediately, Maríana Fullasa will no longer be the HoD and will no longer be a part of the family at DBN. Her statements were abhorrent and we do not agree with her one bit. DBN issued an apology to all that were offended by the statements of Fullasa and to be rest assured that the person who will be taking her place will be well equipped to handle the job. Fullasa will be replaced by Adrian Posteraro who has been a part of the selection process since the beginning of Síonfest.